This is an analysis of the poem Love's Secret that begins with:

Never seek to tell thy love,
Love that never told can be;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaX acXc bbXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010111 1110110 1010111 1001000 11111111 110111 10010101 11001 1111101 010011 1001000 110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 105
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, told, my are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase love connects the lines.

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  • summary of Love's Secret;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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